4. 7 As an orphan, you had a difficult childhood, and your entry into adulthood was challenging. 2 Your brother is the lead singer in a really popular band. SPEED because it governs how CHARACTER STATS Speed describes how fast and physically strong you are and coordinated your character is. If the GM wishes, they can use GM you have hired one of the other PCs as your might not be appropriate intrusions based on your clumsiness normally protector. The GM11 Subtle Steps (187) decides that one is a nanite injector that grants11 Tough As Nails (192) a +1 bonus to Might Edge when used, and the other is a device that can create one simple handheld object the user wishes. Your former comrades dont understand you, but they respect you. While skulking about, you overheard the While others might take time to study the items other PCs plans and realized you wanted in. This includes penalty when using any kind of weapon. destroy it or teleport everyone to the other side. Its priests and worshippers, although small in number, respect and admire your talents and potential. In some roleplaying games, it might be called your character class. Probably not.player might have to roll to see if the character XP to another player and justify the gift (perhaps That kind of needlessslips, trips, or stumbles as the result of moving the other player had a good idea, told a funny joke, specificity only slowsso far so quickly. Roll a d20 or choose from the following list to determine aspecific fact about your background that provides a connection to the rest of the world. More details Ray decides not to wear armor, by another step.as its not really appropriate to the setting, sofor his first ability, he chooses Trained Without Thanks to his focus, he also inflicts 1Armor so he eases Speed defense actions. Choose a descriptor in chapter 7. Inability: Any task that involves balance, grace, 3. different one from a lower tier.11 Crushing Blow (123) 11 Deadly Aim (125) 11 Amazing Effort (109)11 Hemorrhage (149) 11 Energy Resistance (134) 11 Capable Warrior (118)11 Reload (176) 11 Experienced in Armor (136) 11 Experienced Defender (136)11 Skill With Attacks (183) 11 Expert Cypher Use (137) 11 Feint (139)11 Skill With Defense (183) 11 Fury (144) 11 Increased Effects (153)11 Successive Attack (187) 11 Lunge (159) 11 Momentum (164) 11 Reaction (174) 11 Pry Open (172) A character cant apply 11 Seize the Moment (181) 11 Snipe (183)Effort or other abilities to 11 Slice (183) 11 Tough As Nails (192)any task they accomplish 11 Spray (185) 11 Trick Shot (194) using Tough As Nails. A Guarded Adept who Keeps a Magic Ally. Adventure: A single portion of the campaign with aThink of them as the minor characters in the story, or the beginning and an end. 16 While exploring a remote location, you saw something strange youve never been able to explain. Discovery is the soul of the Cypher System. 11 Expert Follower (137) stat points into her Intellect Pool and 3 into 11 Grand Deception (146) her Speed Pool; her stat Pools are now Might Fast Talk, page 138 11 Lead by Inquiry (157) 8, Speed 12, and Intellect 14. In other words, you not onlycould be used in one hand (even if its often used succeed but also go a bit further.in two hands, such as a quarterstaff or spear) is amedium weapon. If a task is hindered, it increases thethe Game, for a more in-depth treatment. Fortunately, creation or adapted from something elseis most of the material is made to be changed yours to do with as you will. 11 Jump Attack (156) page 17111 Curious (123) 11 Mastery With Defense (161) Knowledge Skills,11 Danger Instinct (124) 11 Parry (168) page 15711 Enable Others (133) 11 Physically Gifted (170) A character cant apply11 Escape (136) 11 Take Command (188) Effort or other abilities to11 Eye for Detail (138) 11 Vigilant (196) any task they accomplish11 Foil Danger (142) using Expert Skill or11 Hand to Eye (148) SIXTH-TIER EXPLORER Tough As Nails.11 Investigative Skills (155)11 Quick Recovery (173) Choose three of the abilities listed below (or11 Range Increase (174) from a lower tier) to add to your repertoire. Bruce R. Cordell, Monte Cook, Sean K. Reynolds. This gives the character a bunch of They also heal more quickly and can operate additional skills: searching, listening, climbing, better when injured. 11 Perfect Stranger (169) Shes smart and charismatic but not particularly 11 Quick Wits (174) tough. The high Edge will of flexibility in how youyour Might Pool, a poison that makes you clumsy let them reduce the cost of spending points from develop your character.reduces your Speed Pool, and a psionic blast the Pool, which means theyll have more pointsreduces your Intellect Pool. You INTUITIVEare trained in any task involving geography orhistory. rolls are hindered. character and the setting. This is insane. If you want a printed version, you're looking at $70, which still isn't bad as the print quality is very high. of a special ability), it refers to your Armor characteristicthe number you subtract from8How to Play the Cypher SystemGLOSSARY Session: A single play experience. 5Genre categories are difficult. Whether or not cyphers are physical objects, they are part of the character (like equipment or a special ability) and are things characters can use during the game. Its the adjective of the sentence I am an adjective noun who verbs. Unless your GM says otherwise, you can choose from any of the character descriptors in chapter 7. This is a revised version of the original Cypher System Rulebook. You talked your way into the situationknowledge, or understanding is hindered. 12 Your family owns a large vineyard nearby known to all for its fine wine and fair business dealings. Youre still in great shape, but those were the glory days, man. Here's how it works: You Skill: You are trained in pleasant social join the other PCs because they offer a way out of interactions. But perhaps 2. Your focus also helps you understand how you relate with the other player characters in your group. RANGE AND SPEED All weapons and special abilities use these terms for ranges. Youthat distance would require a long or very long dont earn XP for killing foes or overcomingmove. Any task involving your own.social interaction is hindered. Format: Print/PDF The Cypher System Rulebook adapts the Cypher System to an unlimited range of campaigns and genres, giving you the complete rules set (along with dozens of optional and genre-specific rules) and hundreds of character options, creatures, cyphers, and other resources. You can also look at chapter 25 for further insights into changing the mechanics. From afar, you observed that something Inability: You were never good at studying interesting was going on.or retaining facts. has a skill is better at completing related tasks Effort, page 15 than a character who lacks the skill. Roll a d20 or choose from the following list to determine aspecific fact about your background that provides a connection to the rest of the world. Someone called you out, but instead of Inability: While you are alone, all Intellect and walking into a fight, you walked into your currentSpeed tasks are hindered. PCs and decided to join the group to see if you Initial Link to the Starting Adventure: From the can sense it again and uncover the truth. For example, if a character is trained You can also decrease the difficulty of a givenin climbing, they turn a difficulty 6 climb into task by applying Effort. They look upon you kindly, but they also expect much from you. For example, some descriptors have inabilitiestasks that You gain the following characteristics: a character isnt good at. On the other hand, if along headfirst through life and let other people from your Intellect Pool, it costs you 1 more you play such a character worry about things. You are often tickled by a sense of knowing what Inability: You tend to fixate on the details, someone will say, how they will react, or howmaking you somewhat oblivious to whats events might unfold. archive, or similar collection of knowledge. Initial Link to the Starting Adventure: From the Inability: You do not willingly enter dangerous following list of options, choose how you became situations. CYPHER SYSTEM RULEBOOKCREDITS Designers Monte Cook, Bruce R. Cordell, Sean K. Reynolds Additional Designers Shanna Germain, Robert J. 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Walker, Chris Waller, Cathy Wilkins, Ben Wootten, Kieran Yanner 2019 Monte Cook Games, LLC. honor by a parent or a mentor. social situations and control them to avoid 1. You idea of what youre truly like. However, athlete you may not want to use these generic names The Strange, and for them. Roll a d20 or choose from the following list to determine a specific fact about your background that provides a connection to the rest of the world. Youre at your best when youre aiding what other people think about you, unless thosepeople, either by explaining how they can best people are your friends or family. names like Warrior or Explorer dont always Superhero/Post-Apocalyptic: hero, brick, bruiser feel right, particularly in games set in modern Flavor, page 34 times. 7 Formidable 27 A task worthy of legends that last lifetimes. 2. Societal Role: Not all Explorers are outtraipsing through the wilderness or poking aboutan old ruin. Using this key, the DES takes a block of 64-bit plain text as input and generates a block of 64-bit cipher text. You, the GM, will need to read through it once youve chosen a genre and TAILORING THE RULES Chapter 25: Running the pick types, foci, and so forth. He has also served as the global brand manager for Dungeons & Dragons and headed up the marketing department at the UKs Esdevium Games, one of the worlds largest game distributors. Not And that, I believe, involves getting to play in so much about the system rules themselves the setting and with the characters that youve which remain essentially untouchedbut about always wanted. But if you just want to try it outor teach it to new playersthe Cypher System Starter Set is a fun and inexpensive . In addition, her 11 Teleportation (190) Intellect Edge will help reduce those costs. SPEAKER Fantasy/Fairy tale: bard, speaker, skald, emissary, priest, advocate Modern/Horror/Romance: diplomat, charmer, face, spinner, manipulator, minister, mediator, lawyer Science fiction: diplomat, empath, glam, consul, legate Superhero/Post-Apocalyptic: charmer, mesmerist, puppet master Youre good with words and good with people. a fantasy setting) or from special abilities. It was basically a compilation of all that guide to understanding and enjoying roleplaying game material, plus a lot of suggestions for how games. avoiding your fate might lie on this path. If you Alive!, Godforsaken, and We Are All Mad do both of those things successfully, everyone Here. System Rulebook. One of the other PCs convinced you that joining the group would be in your best interests. retaining trivial knowledge. Ask the other players what genre they setting, the easier this is to do. Heres how it works: 2015 Monte Cook Games, LLC - Site by Bee Zen Web Design, Go to your local game store and ask to place a paid pre-order for the. Danger Sense as they would any other first-tier warrior ability, but they can never choose Bash. Advanced Warriors: As warriors advance, their Special Abilities: Choose four of the abilitiesskill in battlewhether defending themselves or listed below. Guidance 0 Anyone can do this basically every time. If you can rate a task between 1 and 10, you can run the Cypher Systemeven if your adventure goes in a completely unexpected direction, or youve had no time to prep. )difficulty by one step (or just easing the difficulty, 7TASK DIFFICULTY Target No. Maybe you have a mutantgoing on around you. Or you might just become debilitated, and you never suffer thebe a bit reserved, careful about letting people effects of being debilitated. Starting Equipment: Appropriate clothing and a light weapon of your choice, plus two expensive 31Chapter 9: Abilities, items, two moderately priced items, and up to FOURTH-TIER SPEAKER page 95 four inexpensive items. Learn Physical Nature: You have a Might Edge of 1, a 11 Fleet of Foot (141) more about what you 11 Improved Edge (151) carry and how its used in Speed Edge of 0, and an Intellect Edge of 0. 11 Block (115) Your characters FIRST-TIER EXPLORER 11 Danger Sense (124) starting equipment is 11 Decipher (126) as important as their First-tier Explorers have the following abilities: 11 Endurance (134) Effort: Your Effort is 1. GMs find the game easy to prep for and easy to runit frees up the GMs attention, in prep and at the game table, to focus on cool, creative ideas rather than numbers, mechanics, and crunch.. The Cypher System Rulebook releases in early August, but you can reserve your copy nowand get a great deal! What you hold in your hands is a guidebook. The descriptor making a characters species their descriptor. them into what you need and want. In the Cypher System, 17s, 18s, 19s, and 20s offer you slight boosts to your attack rolls, like the chance to stun an enemy or deal extra damage, and 1s give the GM a free 'intrusion': a complication of some kind, rather like the 'compel' mechanic in Fate. A character whodie is specified, roll a d20. of sample skills, see thegets an 8. The concepts of strength, This stat determines how smart, knowledgeable, endurance, constitution, hardiness, and physical and likable your character is. Pure happenstancebecause you just go you.along with the flow of things and everythingusually works out. Altruistic: If youre standing next to a creature Bold: You are trained in all actions that involvethat takes damage, you can intercede and take overcoming or ignoring the effects of fear or1 point of that damage yourself (reducing the intimidation.damage inflicted on the creature by 1 point). So it occurred to us, what if gamers want to use the system for fantasy, horror, or something else? automatically succeeds. Because you have to hide commendable. Comparing the Pools of two creatures will Speaker Example) accompanies eachgive you a general sense of which creature is type. Thick-Muscled: +2 to your Might Pool. Normally, a characterThe rules in this section are more advanced can have only one inability unless the additionaland always involve the GM. 1. Who knows? Themedium weapon that inflicts 4 points of GM agrees. Learn not every player intrusion listed there is more about what you appropriate for all situations. For example, a spear difficulty of 0. In a fantasy world they might be wands or potions, but in a science fiction game they could be alien crystals or prototype devices. 3 You were the bouncer in a local bar for a while, and the patrons there remember you. To help with this, the gladiatorial arena, an AK-47 and a bandolier types are actually general archetypes. to your stat Pools. Roll a d20 or choose from the following list to determine a specific fact about your background that provides a connection to the rest of the world. Initial Link to the Starting Adventure: From the 4. You prefer to barrel Intellect Weakness: Any time you spend points off. You probably have a dozen books and recalling details of geography that you read abouttravelogues about the world on you at any time. As her initial abilities, she chooses Scan, page 179 11 Fire and Ice (140) Onslaught and Ward, giving her a strong offense 11 Force Field Barrier (143) and defense. To make a11 Contortionist (121) Some of the less computer-oriented abilities character more stealthy,11 Find an Opening (139) might be appropriate for a steampunk character, for example, you can11 Get Away (145) while a modern-day character could use some choose the Stealthy11 Sense Ambush (181) of the abilities that dont involve starships or descriptor or any number11 Surprise Attack (188) ultratech. He rounds out his character with For his character arc, Ray chooses Defeat aPhysical Skills and chooses swimming and Foe. Might Self-Reliant: +2 to your Might Pool. noun who verbs. Youve got that special something that draws Inability, page 207 others to you. members from threats. Espionage? You take things at face value and Inability: Any Intellect defense task is hindered. If you are trained in a skill relating to a task, Each difficulty has a target number associated you ease the difficulty of that task by one step. As well, you need not be cruel in everysituation. In to reinforce the setting. STAT EXAMPLES Once a stats Edge reaches 3, you can apply Concussion, page 121 one level of Effort for free. 4. In Mind can be healed 11 Practiced in Armor (171) addition, you can replace one of your lower-tier by advanced magic or 11 Skill With Defense (183) abilities with a different one from a lower tier. You attempted to avoid it, but events seemed to conspire to draw you to where you44 There is no honor among thievesor betrayers, are. You suspect that you might gain a long-termadvantage from helping the other PCs andmay be able to use that advantage against yourenemies. 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